Bellator 76 Results: Live Play-by-Play & Updates

By: Sherdog.com StaffOct 12, 2012

Sherdog.com will report from Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada,
at 6:00 p.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of
Bellator 76, headlined by a lightweight clash between Eddie Alvarez
and Patricky
Freire, and featuring the Bellator Season 7 featherweight
tournament quarterfinals.

Round 1
After Prepolec pops Fischer a few times, the Michigan native pushes
Prepolec into the cage in pursuit of a takedown. Prepolec defends
smartly, but eats some stern knees to the breadbasket as he spins
out of the clinch. Fischer punches into the clinch again, scoring
with more knees. Prepolec snaps him up by the waist and hauls him
to the ground, setting up in half guard and punching away. Fischer
swings for a leglock, but Propelec pushes him away and looms over
him in Ali-Inoki position. The Mash Fight Team rep jumps to his
feet, just dodging a well-timed head kick from the Ontarian.
Fischer shoots in this time, tripping the outside leg smartly,
putting Prepolec on the mat. Fischer moves his foe toward the cage,
passing to half guard after a strong salvo of punches. The first
round ends with Fischer on top peppering his foe.

Round 2
Fischer starts the second aggressively, slamming Prepolec to the
canvas. The Windsor, Ontario, native gets to his feet, but after a
brief exchange is put right back on the canvas with another
double-leg. Once again against the fence, Prepolec tries to control
his foe in pursuit of a submission, but eats copious amounts of
right hands. When Fischer postures up and releases another torrent
of rights, Prepolec scrambles into a takedown of his own, briefly
getting top position and landing some wild punches in the ensuing
scramble. Fischer collects himself, getting in on a single-leg and
grounding Prepolec once more. Fischer gets to side control,
elbowing with his nearside left. When Prepolec bucks to escape,
Fischer steps over his head and instantly goes to work on a kimura.
As he separates his foe’s hands, he switches off to an armbar, but
the hasty attempt results in him on his back. He tries to switch to
the other arm without much success, torquing Prepolec’s arm
relatively harmlessly until the bell.

Fischer lands a right cross to the body and a left body kick on his
way into another clinch, hot in pursuit of a single-leg. Prepolec
tries to reach through his opponent’s legs, looking for a switch,
but Fischer yanks him away from the cage and deposits him on the
mat again. Fischer moves to half guard briefly, but when he tries
to pound and pass, Prepolec reclaims full guard. Fischer, however,
easily moves right back into side control by throwing his legs by,
and then into full mount. Prepolec is exhausted with two minutes to
fight. Fischer locks up an easy arm-triangle choke from full mount
and almost instantly coaxes the tap from his defeated foe. The
submission win for Fischer comes at 3:19 of the final round.

Round 1
A wild overhand one-two from Robinson tags Laprise and has him
shaking his head. Laprise continues to stick and move and look for
openings, while Robinson wings another massive overhand right and
clips him once more. Laprise begins to trot forward, just touching
Robinson with the jab. The London, Ontario native lands an uppercut
that puts Robinson on his knees, but he manages to get back to his
feet by throwing heavy blows to ward Laprise off. Laprise pursues
nonetheless, pressing forward with a bevy of hooks that force the
smaller Robinson to cover up. Laprise looks more comfortable now,
jabbing and leg kicking the visibly tiring Robinson. Laprise backs
his man up, smacking him with right hooks to the body. The damage
is piling up now, and a hard Laprise right has Robinson in on a
desperate single-leg. He works back to his feet, but Laprise is
still coming. He shucks Robinson by on a desperate takedown and
hammerfists away. Robinson gets back to his feet, only to eat more
punches and eat the canvas on a last-ditch flying knee attempt.

Round 2
Laprise sticks his jab out again, but Robinson rushes with a wild
punching combination that mostly hits air. Robinson charges in and
eats two more right hands. He is desperately winging punches still,
only to eat right hand after right hand from Laprise. Laprise moves
into short range and blasts Robinson with knees, thwarting his
takedown. They desert standing, and a wild right lands for the
desperate Robinson, standing Laprise up and forcing him to clinch.
Jab-cross for Laprise lands and when Robinson tries to fire back,
it’s a hard right counter. Three more hard rights for Robinson, who
throws a teep with both hands clasped into the fence behind him in
exhaustion. The two sloppily trade punches, with Laprise naturally
getting the better of things. Robinson is displaying grit and a
chin and not much more at this point. He shoots another desperate
single and Laprise simply kneels down, idly hammerfisting until the
horn.

Right uppercut for Laprise tags Robinson once more. At this point,
Laprise is just walking forward and jabbing. He winds up on a big
uppercut that lands, but Robinson wings a right hand that forces
him to step out for a moment and reset. Laprise begins accumulating
shots on Robinson once more, before surprisingly grabbing double
underhooks and tripping the wrestler to the canvas. With little
difficulty, Laprise moves to full mount, then claiming the back
with just over 90 seconds to go in the fight. Laprise tries to
crossface hard in pursuit of the rear-naked choke, but it’s not
there. One of his hooks comes out, but before Robinson can do
anything about it, he puts it back in and starts working for the
choke again. He punches under the arm and rolls Robinson, trying
for an armbar at the last moment but not coming close to sinking
it.

Round 1
Both men keen with their hands early, glancing with one-two’s and
counters. Matthews lands two kicks to the body, but O’Grady just
misses with an overhand right on the second. Matthews slips,
hitting his knees, and the Detroit native latches onto a guillotine
choke and jumps guard. The Carlsbad, Calif., fighter pulls his head
out calmly. Matthews stands out of O’Grady’s guard, and lets his
opponent retake his feet. Big swings coming from O’Grady, but he
can’t land clean. The former KOTC champ tags Matthews with an
uppercut that pops his head up. Three-punch combo for O’Grady
lands, and he dives in a double-leg. Matthews defends, but O’Grady
switches to a waistlock and nearly gets his back standing. Matthews
stops him from sinking hooks in, but can’t free himself from the
clinch. O’Grady gets in on another single, but Matthews shuts it
down and lands hammerfists until the bell.

Round 2
Matthews throws a sudden roundhouse kick to the head and clobbers
O’Grady, knocking him to the mat. O’Grady breaks his fall, but
Matthews opts not to follow up, letting O’Grady get up again.
One-two and an outside leg kick for Matthews lands, and he follows
with another leg kick. Matthews is starting to land leg kicks more
frequently; his attack has the Detroit native walking more
gingerly. Matthews lands a hard right. The Californian circles and
tries to set up another head kick, but it’s blocked. A lunging
right for O’Grady and the following left hook snap Matthews’ head
back, dropping him against the fence. O’Grady is all over him,
punching and getting into half guard. O’Grady elbows the meat of
Matthews’ thigh, loosening him up before moving to side control.
O’Grady moves into mount with a series of blows, but Matthews kicks
him off as the bell sounds.

Wide hooks are the weapon of choice for both men early in round
three. Both welterweights wade in and out of the pocket with long
swipes, neither landing firm and glancing at best. O’Grady finally
lands a harder, cleaner right hand. O’Grady jabs, but Matthews
attacks back with a hard outside low kick. O’Grady comes in with a
hook, Matthews changes levels and lands a left hook to the body.
Matthews now throws the aggressive overhand, and O’Grady counters
with a clean one-two. Another Matthews overhand gets him countered
again by O’Grady, who sloppily tries to shoot a takedown off of his
three-punch offering. Matthews stuffs him and they resume striking
with just over two minutes to fight. Matthews mixes more leg kicks
into his attack, slowing O’Grady. Good counter right for Matthews
lands, but O’Grady keeps on punching and tags him back.

Body shot for Matthews, but O’Grady continues to fire back as
Matthews tries to pour it on late. The cleaner punches are
Matthews’, forcing O’Grady to shoot in once more just before the
bell.

Bollinger slips on his first offensive attempt and then finds his
mark, south of the border, on Shamhalaev with an inside low kick.
Lavigne gives him time to recover but the Dagistani native waves
him off an we are back at it. Bollinger slips again and this time
Shamhalaev pounces on him. He settles into his guard and looks for
openings to strike. Bollinger tries to elevate his opponent with
heels on hips but Shamhalaev's base is strong. Shamhalaev ripens
Bollinger's face, now a bright red, then goes to the body and hurts
the Californian with ground-and-pound to the guts. Shamhalaev is
wailing away on Bollinger, whose only answer is to cover up. He is
now turtled and taking a beating.

Bollinger turns back in and takes a number of shots to his face as
he tries to cover up and then a booming punch to the body that
brings referee Yves Lavigne to the rescue at 4:49 of the first
round. Shahbulat Shamhalaev is the first semifinalist in the
Bellator Season 7 featherweight tournament.

Both fighters size one another up, feinting and pumping their
strikes early. Hezam throws a lazy left hook, then leg kicks to
follow. Khasbulaev is a step ahead of him, launching his counter
right hand as soon as the kick goes. The Russian's rocket right
smashes into the Frenchman, dropping him to the mat on his
back.

The Dagestani fighter is all over him, ripping him with punches
from the top until referee Ivan Svec jumps in and saves Hezam at
the 24-second mark of the bout. Brutish, short finish for
Khasbulaev.

Round 1
Marini is aggressive with his boxing immediately, pepping Mokdad
and tagging him with rights. Marini counters a Mokdad kick with a
right hand, flattening him to the mat. Marini swarms with punches
from above but Mokdad keeps him at bay just enough to get back to
his feet after a terrible opening minute. Mokdad legs kicks from
the outside while Marini hunts with more right hands. “The Mutant”
continues landing with the right, the dominant tool of the fight
thus far. Mokdad lands a glancing one-two, but is still mostly
throwing tepid kicks from the outside while Marini steps into the
pocket with heavier punches. Mokdad finally lands a jab and a right
hook that stun Marini, following up with knees. Double jab from
Mokdad, followed by a body kick. Marini awkwardly wades inside and
trips to the mat for a moment. Push kick from Mokdad, but with
little on it. Marini shoots in, elevates and takes Mokdad down just
before the bell.

Round 2
Both men, a bit tired, are pumping jabs to little effect. Marini
sneaks in a hard double jab, but Mokdad kicks him to the body in
response. With the volume of lukewarm leg kicks and aimless jabs,
the fight is starting to resemble a sparring session. A Mokdad head
kick cracks Marini and puts him on his heels, giving the crowd life
for the first time. Mokdad applies pressure with punches, but can’t
land hard to follow up. Marini is trying to walk inside and land
punches as he did early, but Mokdad’s kicks are keeping him away.
He shoots for a single, but Mokdad easily turns him away. Marini
shoots again before the bell, but again is stuffed.

The third round looks similar to recent proceedings, as Marini
sticks his jab out and Mokdad kicks from the outside. Marini lands
a good lead left, but Mokdad counters with straight punches of his
own. Mokdad throws a slow kick and Marini tags him with a counter
right. Tight exchange inside as “The Monster” lands two crosses.
The crowd begins to chant “A-li! A-li!” in support of the Windsor,
Ontario, fighter. Marini lands a left hook, ducks under and goes
for the double-leg, but Mokdad shakes him off and pressures with
punches, landing a series of straights. Marini’s right hand cracks
him on the counter, and with a minute to fight, there’s finally
action. Marini’s face with a slight smear of blood. Mokdad’s jab
tickles Marini’s nose, prompting another shot and another Mokdad
stuff. They swing before the final bell, Mokdad landing a raking
right that snaps Marini’s head up.

Round 1
The southpaw Richman creeps forward and Spoon lands an inside leg
kick while trying to find the range with a combo. Richman raises up
with a left high kick and his shin grazes right off Spoon's temple.
Spoon is out instantly; he collapses to the canvas and referee John
McCarthy steps in to rescue him immediately. Richman's position
affords him two final parting shots, but the fight is done with as
Spoon's simply stares vacantly into the lights. Mike Richman
becomes the second semifinalist in the Bellator Season 7
featherweight tournament with a 23-second knockout.

Fabiano is aggressive in pursuit of the takedown, instantly
flurrying then changing levels. A hard inside low kick by Stepanyan
nearly takes Fabiano’s leg out. After a glancing exchange of fists,
Stepanyan kicks Fabiano to the body, prompting the Brazilian to
drive into the clinch. Fabiano gets over-unders and manages to trip
Stepanyan to the mat. The Nova Uniao black belt gets to side
control for a moment, but the RusFighters Sport Club product gets
to his feet for a moment. Fabiano refuses to give up the takedown,
diving onto Stepanyan’s legs and sucking him to the mat again.
Fabiano moves to side control again and then promptly takes mount.
Stepanyan tries to roll, giving Fabiano the opportunity for an
armbar.

He cranks it on, but the Russian refuses to tap, forcing the IFL
and WEC vet to crank his arm even worse, popping his elbow off to
the side to elicit the tap. Wagnney Fabiano moves onto the
semifinals of the Bellator Season 7 featherweight tournament with a
nasty armbar submission at 3:24 of the first round.

Round 1
Malegarie is aggressive with leg kicks from the outset. Martinez
drives the Argentinian into the fence, but Malegarie turns away and
resets standing. A counter from Martinez cracks the kicking
Malegarie, drawing blood to his nostrils. Martinez shoots and is
stuffed, with Malegarie’s nose pouring blood all down his back. A
four-piece from Malegarie is mostly blocked but puts Martinez on
his heels. In spite of the blood from his nose, Malegarie is
remaining aggressive, circling around Martinez and attacking. He
rushes in again, tagging Martinez with right hands in a five-piece
combo, but Martinez rips him in response. Good two-way action so
far. Martinez pushes inside, and eats a knee to the face from
“Naza.” Inside low kick and a left cross land for the southpaw
Martinez. Malegarie walks inside again, right into a right hook
from Martinez, putting him on the canvas for a second. Malegarie is
right back up, swinging away. With 10 seconds to go, Martinez
shoots in and puts Malegarie on the mat.

Round 2
A lead left hook from Martinez hits an advancing Malegarie,
prompting a clinch along the fence, but neither man gains an
advantage. On the break, Malegarie knocks Martinez with a left
hook. The Brazilian-based Argentine continues to attack with
punches and leg kicks, but Martinez looks more comfortable standing
and is starting to counter more effectively with his boxing.
Malegarie gets in on a takedown. Martinez tries to climb the fence
to stand, but he gets peppered with short shots on the way up
before breaking away. He responds by looking for a single-leg of
his own, but bails as Malegarie seeks a guillotine. Overhand left
for Martinez tags Malegarie, who is undeterred. Malegarie throws a
lazy three-punch combo, and eats a hard double jab for his efforts.
Left hook for Martinez scores again, right across the bloodied mug
of Malegarie. Wild hooks for Malegarie glance and Martinez sneaks a
head kick in which is mostly blocked. The featherweight meet along
the cage, but neither man gains an advantage before the horn.

Left hooks whiz wide for both fighters. A Martinez lead knee hits
the oncoming Malegarie and the Utah native puts Malegarie on the
mat again with a double-leg. He can’t keep the Bellatot tourney vet
down, however, and Malegarie quickly regains his feet. Malegarie
shoots to the legs, but is easily rebuffed. Martinez drives him
into the fence now, looking for a single-leg. He runs the pipe,
dragging Malegarie from the cage, but again can’t keep him flat on
the mat. Right cross lands on the counter for Malegarie. They pair
resume clinching along the fence, kneeing the body with neither man
gaining an advantage. Both fighters are weary after 12 minutes of
frequent punching, but they soldier on. Malegarie lands a
straightforward salvo on the tired Martinez. Martinez answer,
storming forward with left hands of his own.

Malegarie shoots in again, but Martinez shucks him by and tries to
take his back standing. Martinez bails, opting for strikes instead,
and a wild left hand clips Malegarie, dropping him along the fence.
Unsurprisingly, Malegarie gets right back up, bloodied but unbowed.
Martinez takes him right bak to the mat, stepping over his legs and
trying to mount before the final bell.

Official result: All three judges -- Dr. Gregory
Jackson, Mike McNeil and Benoit Roussel -- score the bout 30-27 for
the winner by unanimous decision and final Bellator Season 7
featherweight semifinalist, Rad Martinez.

Round 1
Alvarez is stalking early, while “Pitbull” circles the outside.
Alvarez steps inside with a body shot-right hook, but Freire’s
counter slows him up. Alvarez responds with a massive left hook
that drops Freire on his back, but the Brazilian is quickly up,
landing a wild right hook that puts Alvarez on skates, retreating.
Wild opening 90 seconds of action. Alvarez gets a hold of Pitbull
and forces him into the cage with over-unders. Freire finally gets
off the fence and the pair separate, resuming at standing range.
Alvarez is busted up under the left eye. Hard outside low kick by
the Brazilian. His following jab goes wide, and Alvarez tries to
rush in for a takedown to no avail. Alvarez feinting more, changing
levels on his way in. He lands two consecutive switch-step crosses,
a la Georges St. Pierre. Just before the 10-second clapper, Alvarez
unloads a right head kick that stands Freire up stiff. The
sure-handed Alvarez lands a volley of right-handed power shots as
the Brazilian crumbles to the canvas, miles removed from his
senses. “Big” John McCarthy steps in officially at 4:54 of the
first round. Sensational knockout by Eddie Alvarez.